| Acronym | Meaning |
| CIG | Commonwealth Industrial Gases Limited (Australia) |
| MRL | Minimal Risk Levels |
| CTCP | Clinical Toxicology Of Commercial Products |
| ISCN | International System For Human Cytogenetic Nomenclature |
| ACP | Approximate Coupled-pair (method For Correlation-energy Calcn.) |
| ARPUS | Angle-resolved Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy |
| FEPCA | Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act |
| COMP | Cartilage Oligomeric Matrix Protein |
| SCPM | Scanning Chemical Potential Microscopy |
| PMC | Percent Modern Carbon |